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Greenpeace Canada Monthly Environmental E-news | April 2008 | |
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In this issue
Governments pledge to clean up whale sanctuary!Congratulations and thank you to everyone who took action for Robson Bight! This month, both the federal and British Columbia governments announced they will clean up the Robson Bight ecological reserve to make way for the return of the orcas in June. 
Backgrounder: Biofuels eat into global food supplyFuel made from food crops like wheat and corn is causing food shortages around the world. Learn more about this crucial issue. Read this article in the Guardian, this article in the Globe and Mail, this backgrounder from Greenpeace International and this blog from Greenpeace Canada agriculture campaigner Josh Brandon. 
Mourning Lyle ThurstonLyle Thurston, one of 12 crewmembers on the original Greenpeace campaign, died of pneumonia at the age of 70 in Victoria, BC, Canada, March 26, 2008. "Doc" Thurston - a medical doctor, patron of the arts, and lifetime environmental advocate - served as medic on the Phyllis Cormack in 1971, the first Greenpeace campaign, a protest against the US nuclear test in the Aleutian Islands. 
In the next ten seconds, you can help protect ancient forests, stop climate change and safeguard the planet's oceans. How? By clicking here and renewing your Greenpeace membership for 2008. That's a lot to accomplish without getting up from your desk. Want to get even more involved with Greenpeace? Click here for volunteer opportunities and here to take cyberaction for the planet.
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Dalton McGuinty's nuclear policy takes prisoners
Nuclear energy needs uranium. In Ontario, uranium exploration is resulting in political prisoners. Learn more and find out how you can take action right now for environmental justice in Ontario. LINK
Dove destroys Paradise Forests
Unilever, the makers of Dove beauty products, are buying palm oil from suppliers who destroy Indonesia's rainforests. In the process, they're causing forest destruction, species extinction and climate change. Together we can make the company stop destroying forests for palm oil.
- Watch a short video about Dove in the Paradise Forests
- Take action now for the Paradise Forests
- Read more
Greenpeace exposes link between Boreal and climate change
A new Greenpeace report uses detailed scientific research to reveal the link between logging in Canada's Boreal Forest and global warming.
Canada considers labels for genetically engineered food
Right now, Canada has no mandatory labelling for genetically engineered (GE) foods. But all that could be set to change as Parliament gets set to vote on a new Private Member's Bill. Canadians have a right to know what we are eating. Here's your change to tell the federal government you want GE labels now.
Kimberly-Clark ignores its own environmental policy in the Boreal Forest
Greenpeace used government information, independent audits, public records and satellite mapping to document how Kimberly-Clark — makers of Kleenex brand products — took the vast Kenogami Forest and turned it into to a severely damaged landscape rife with social and environmental problems.
How to make every day Earth Day
Earth Day has come and gone, which is all the more reason to re-affirm our collective commitment to a green and peaceful future. Here are three things you can do right now to make every day Earth Day.
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